Mirage
Mirage is the ninth Magic expansion and was released on 7th October, 1996 as the first set in the Mirage block.
The print run is estimated at 400 million cards. The cards were sold in 60-card starter decks and 15-card boosters. Mirage had two significant different printings; one dark print with a rough finish, and one light print with a smooth finish. The dark Mirage was printed in United States and the light one in Belgium at Carta Mundi.
This expansion began the first official block set with one large expansion being followed by two smaller expansions all tied together through card mechanics and setting. This model became the standard for the concept of “block rotation”. Mirage introduced some changes to make the cards easier to read, including a slightly expanded text box and border, more visible power/toughness numbers and reminder text.
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